I was in Wadley recently and noticed that the area around the LW switcher, former G&F 1004, has been cleared of brush and debris blocking the track. Is this just upkeep on the part of Mr. Gibson, or is activity returning to the LW? I understand the switcher still still runs...
Toward the end of 2004, the spiked switches on both legs of the wye where we (NS) connect to the L&W were pulled up and the first few yards of track were inspected so that Mr. Gibson could start receiving cars once again.
Anytime empty cars (mostly boxcars) with L&W reporting marks that have nowhere to go for reloading will automatically get waybilled to the L&W interchange at Wadley. However, they generally get rebilled to go somewhere else once they arrive in Millen or when the Millen switcher sets them off in #1 or #2 track at Wadley for Mr. Gibson, so I can't say that any traffic has polished Mr. Gibson's rails yet.
Oh, and the old G&F SW1, 1004, still runs. Mr. Gibson jumps the batteries and lets her idle for a little while just keep her insides from freezing up.
